NS511 Bob Wilson [1966] - Suzy's Serenade [Sound Stage 7 2578]

511 Bob Wilson [1966] - Suzy's Serenade [Sound Stage 7 2578]

Artist:	Bob Wilson
A:	Suzy's Serenade
B:	After Hours
Format:	45
Country:	US
Label:	Sound Stage 7
Label Discography:	Sound Stage 7 Discography
Cat No:	2578
Year:	1966
Value:	£15-£30
Value Link:	None
Artist Biography:	None
Artist Discography:	None

Detroit pianist, a soul legend who recorded for Ric-Tic later joined Sound Stage 7 as an artist in 1966 when he cut an instrumental version of Wilson Pickett's 'In The Midnight Hour' b/w 'Conception (2570) as well as his own 'Suzy's Serenade', which was played on the northern scene at The Torch initially I think.

Wilson was part of The San Remo Strings (Bob Wilson & The San Remo Quartet) who recorded Hungry For Love / All Turned on on Ric-Tic 104. The San Remo Strings went on to record 3 more 45s on Ric-Tic (After Wilson left to go to Sound Stage 7) (108 I'm Satisfied / Blueberry Hill; 112 Festival Time / Joy Road and 116 International Love Theme / Quanto Sei Bella) as well as Ric-Tic's only album release LP 901 'Hungry For Love'.

There's a great article on Bob Wilson & The San Remo Remo Quartet over @ RedKelly as well as a streamed version of 'In The Midnight Hour'.

511 Bob Wilson [1966] - Suzy's Serenade [Sound Stage 7 2578]

Read a comment posted by Bob over at Red Kelly's blog in response to a post on Joe Simon's 'Come On And Get It'.

Bob Wilson [1966] - After Hours [Sound Stage 7 2578]

Read a comment posted by Bob over at Red Kelly's blog in response to a post on Joe Simon's 'Come On And Get It'.

Bob Wilson Sounds [197?] - Strings A GoGo [Soul Galore SG-1002]

There was another release attributed to him on bootleg label Soul Galore [1002] as Bob Wilson Sounds - Strings A GoGo. It is in fact The Checkerboard Squares - 'Double Cookin''. These were the antics of one renowned bootlegger of the day Simon Soussan who would release cover ups on bootlegs. He even put his own name down as the writer, producer and arranger of the tune on the label! The flip side was called 'Love Symphony, which is an instrumental of The Magician's 'Is It All Gone'.

To add to the intrigue/confusion it was released on 3 differently coloured labels, blue, dark green/turquoise (vinyl) and light green (styrene). The B side on the light green release is title Lost Symphony and there is another light green release which is single sided. So Soussan must have had at least 4 batches done to satisfy demand!

Bob Wilson Sounds [197?] - Love Symphony [Soul Galore SG-1002]

Whilst on the subject another bootleg cover up was Called 'Supertime' by The Golden World Strings on the Stephanye label which turned out to be 'Six O' Clock' by Total Eclipse on Liberty LP which is an instrumental version of the song by The Loving Spoonful.

The Golden World Strings [197?] - Supertime [Stephante STP-330]